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No. 884,333. PA TENTED APR. 7, 1908.

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CLAUDE HILL, OF OGDEN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO G. H. NIEMAN,OF FITHIAN, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ogden, in the county .of Champaign, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates and more particularly to that classwhich are adapted to be opened from a vehicle and the invention relatesmore strictly speaking to sliding gates.

In carrying out my invention I provide a gate which is slidably mountedand which has pivotally connected to it at its rear end one of a air ofrods which have toggle connection wit each other, there being a ropeconnected to the joint of the rods whereby the relative position of therods may be changed to cause sliding of the gate.

One novel feature of the invention resides in the fact that the trackfrom which the gate is supported does not extend over the gate or in ter words across the roadway as is the case in nearly all such devicesnow in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of thegate the same being shown in closed position, Fig. 2 is a similar Viewthe gate however being shown in open position, Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe gate in closed position, Fig. 4 is a sectional view therethroughadjacent the rear end thereof, and, Fig. 5 is a rear end view of thegate and its supporting devices.

In the drawings the numeral denotes a pair of posts or uprights whichare located at one side of the roadway across which the gate is adaptedto extend and 11 indicates a post which is located to the other side ofthe roadway and against which the front end of the gate is adapted toabut. A post 12 is located at a point removed from the posts 10 and in aplane between the same, the distance between the post 12 and the posts10 being greater than the distance between the post 11 and the posts 10for a reason which will presently be apparent and a track 13 which ispreferably formed of tubular material is secured at one of its ends toan attaching plate 14 at the upper ends of the posts 10 and at its otherend to the post 12 at a corresponding point.

The gate embodying my invention is indicated in general by the numeral15 and includes a top bar 16 which extends beyond the rear end proper ofthe gate as indicated at 17 and is braced by means of a diagonallyextending brace bar 18, this brace barbeing secured at its lower end tothe bottom of the gate at the rear end thereof. A bracket 19 is securedupon the gate at its rear end and extends upwardly therefrom and in thisbracket is journaled a grooved wheel 20 which travels upon the track 13,there being a similar wheel 21 j ournaled in a housing 22 which issecured at the point of connection of the brace rod 18 with the top bar17. The wheel 20 travels above the track 13 whereas the wheel 21 travelsbeneath the track and it will be understood that by this construction,the gate is rigidly supported through the instrumentality of the wheelsand may yet have a sliding movement. It will also be understood that adecided advantage is gained by thus arranging the wheels namelydispensing with an over-head track across a roadway.

Now in order that the gate may be slid to open or closed position, Irovide a ate moving mechanism which w' now be escribed. Pivoted as at 23to the post 12 adjacent the upper end thereof is a rod 24 which extendsin the direction of the gate and through a guide 25 which is securedupon a post 26 this post being located intermediate the post 12 and theposts 10 but in such a manner as not to interfere with the slidingmovement of the gate. The rod 24 is bent slightly laterally as at 27 forsuch engagement through the guide and has its end bent as at 28 andpivotally connected as at 29 to a rod 30, the atter being pivoted as at31 to a bracket 32 at the lower rear end of the gate. A ring 33 isconnected with the rods 24 and at their point of connection with eachother and to this ring are connected ro es 34 which ass over wheels 35supported y post 26 and extend also over wheels 37 supported by posts 38which posts are located a sufficient distance from the gate to permit ofthe ropes being pulled to open the gate before a vehicle closelyapproaches the same. Weights 39 are secured to the ends of the ropes andserve to take up the slack therein, at all times.

A weight 40 is adjustably held upon the rod 24 by means of a set screw41 and it will be understood that when either one of the rods 34 ispulled, the gate being in closed position, an upward pull will beexerted u on the rods at their point of connection an as the rod 30 isconnected with the gate, the gate will be slid rearwardly, the rod beingof course moved-beyond a vertical position when the gate has beencompletely moved to open position as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of t edrawings. It is obvious that not only will the Wei ht serve to move therods after the 1'0 30 has passed a perpendicular position, but the gatewill also aid in this movement of the rods owing to the force initiallyapplied to it to move it. In other words it is only necessary, in orderto open or close the gate, to pull upon one of the ropes sufficiently tomove the rod 30 past the perpendicular, the movement of the gate beingautomatically accomplished after this has been done.

A guide board 42 extends from the post 12 to one of the posts 10adjacent the lower ends thereof and serves to guide the gate in itssliding movement.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a gate mounted for slidingmovement, of an u right, a rod pivotally connected to the uprig it, arod pivotally connected to the first mentioned rod and to the gateadjacent the lower end thereof, a weight adjustably supported upon thefirst mentioned rod, and a pull rope connected with the rods at theirpoint of pivotal connection with each other whereby the rods may bemoved to exert a pull upon the gate in the direction of the post, theweight serving to move the gate after the rods have been so moved thatthe second mentioned rod has past a perpendicular plane.

2. A device of the class described comprising a track supported on oneside of a roadway, a gate, wheels j ournaled upon the gate and adaptedto travel one above the track and the other beneath the same whereby thegate will be supported from the track, a rod ivotally connected to oneof'the supports or the track, a rod ivotally connected to the firstmentioned ro and to the gate adjacent the lower end thereof, a weightadjustably supported upon the first mentioned rod, and a pull ropeconnected with the rods at their point of pivotal connection with eachother whereby the rods may be moved to exert a pull upon the gate in thedirection of the post, the weight serving to move the gate after therods have been so moved that the second mentioned rod has past aperpendicular plane.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

CLAUDE HILL.

Witnesses:

H. O. RAY, F. E. WATTS.

